A 36-year-old man allegedly robbed a 45-year-old woman of about $3,000 at Bedok North Street 2, and was arrested by the police on 14 September.
The Singapore Police Force said in a press release that they were alerted to the alleged incident on 14 September at about 11.50am.
The man had allegedly attacked the woman before he fled the scene with her money of about $3,000, as well as her identification documents./
He was later identified and tracked down by the police through the use of CCTV cameras and ground enquiries by officers from Bedok Police Division.
The man was then arrested on the same day at about 2.20pm at Geylang Lorong 4, and cash amounting to about $2,800 was recovered and seized from the robber.
He will be charged in court today (15 September) with voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery, under Section 394 of the Penal Code 1871.